Relationship between wood porosity, wood density and methyl methacrylate impregnation rate

Wood Material Science and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 62-70

  Ding, Wei Dan ^a,b   Koubaa, Ahmed ^a,b   Chaala, Abdelkader ^c   Belem, Tikou ^b   Krause, Cornelia ^d  

^a Chaire de Recherche du Canada sur la Valorisation la Caracterisation et la Transformation du Bois   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^c Service de Recherche et d'expertise en Transformation des produits forestiers (SEREX)   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density; Hardened wood; Impregnation; Mercury intrusion porosimetry; Pore size distribution; Porosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749086805     PISSN: 17480272     EISSN: 17480280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480270802607947     Document Type: Article

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